Warren memoir offers revealing inside tales — WASHINGTON - Summoned to the White House in September 2010, Elizabeth Warren met President Obama in the Oval Office and he escorted her outside to a garden patio. Obama described it to Warren as a hidden retreat.

Elizabeth Warren: ‘I was hurt, and I was angry’ — Elizabeth Warren “was hurt” and “angry” about attacks on her family and ancestry in the 2012 Senate race, she writes in a new book, defending at length her characterization of her background as rooted in Native American ancestry.

The Center for Public Integrity's response to ABC News — On April 14, 2014, Chris Hamby of the Center for Public Integrity was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his investigation detailing controversial denials of black lung benefits to coal miners.

How the President Got to ‘I Do’ on Same-Sex Marriage — Photo illustration by Daan Brand for The New York Times. Obama: Mark Wilson/Getty Images. — By presidential fund-raising standards, the dinner at the St. Regis hotel in Washington in April 2011 was an intimate one.

Sebelius Said to Weigh Run for Kansas Senate Seat — WASHINGTON — In her darkest hour last fall, Kathleen Sebelius suffered one of the deepest cuts from an old family friend who accused her of “gross incompetence” over the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and demanded that she resign as secretary of health and human services.

Scarborough blasts Krugman — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is returning fire on Paul Krugman after the New York Times columnist accused him of being an “Obamacare truther” who was didn't know his facts and was “against covering the uninsured.” — In an email to POLITICO, Scarborough suggested …

Is New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez the Next Sarah Palin? — Petty. Vindictive. Weak on policy. And yet she's being hailed as the Republican Party's great new hope. — AS SHE LIKES TO TELL anybody who'll listen, Susana Martinez, the governor of New Mexico, didn't start out a Republican.

Uninsured Rate Drops More in States Embracing Health Law — Medicaid expansion, state exchanges linked to faster reduction in uninsured rate — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate among adults aged 18 and older in the states that have chosen to expand Medicaid and set up their own exchanges …

A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation — Tallahassee, Fla. — Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 2012, a freshman at Florida State University reported that she had been raped by a stranger somewhere off campus after a night of drinking at a popular Tallahassee bar called Potbelly's.

John Roberts and the Color of Money — Applying the history of white supremacy in America to the Supreme Court's McCutcheon decision — There has been plenty of talk about the Ta-Nehisi Coates-Jonathan Chait argument over the term “black culture” in the context of the ills of poverty …

An update on our press pass — Last week, the Senate Press Gallery denied SCOTUSblog's application for a press pass, and advised us that it would refuse to renew the credential it had previously granted Lyle when it expires next month. We were disappointed in that decision …

Jimmy Carter comes out against Keystone XL pipeline — Former president Jimmy Carter has joined a group of Nobel laureates who oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, warning President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry, “You stand on the brink of making a choice that will define …

Glenn Beck Moves Into Movie Production (Exclusive) — The conservative radio host tells THR he is developing three original stories as theatrical films: one set in ancient history, one in modern history and a third he considers “faith-based.” — A version of this story first appeared …

13 tax deductions you never knew existed — It's tax day! And if you waited until today to file, these weird deductions might be helpful. Or you might not want to deal with them and just get your taxes done as fast as possible. Whatever floats your boat.

The Rule of the Lawless — Deserts always feel like my natural habitat, and I am very fond of them. That being said, I have, for my sins, spent a fair amount of time in Clark County, Nev., and it is not the loveliest stretch of desert in these United States, or even in the top twelve.

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